My immediate hope was that they'd found Dad.

Many South Koreans say their most immediate hope is for a reunification of the 1.8 million people whose families were split up by the war.

The only immediate hope for containing the epidemic is a heavier emphasis on prevention programs.

A Department of Health spokesman said, however, there was little immediate hope that the dispute, now in its third week, would be resolved.

His only immediate hope was battle; so the killer began it.

I break the connection to the tampered banks, abandoning any immediate hope of contact with Command.

The difference is be- tween the immediate hope and the distant hope.

When the tape began to play, Radcliffe's immediate hopes were dashed.

This left his 1984 and 1988 campaigns with little immediate hope of settling $1.6 million in debts.

The Yankees' more immediate hope, however, is that the pitching remains constant.